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Mechanic: Resurrection: Life could be so good for ex-hitman Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham)
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The hit man Bishop is forced on a deadly mission in "Mechanic: Resurrection" (RTL). "Veterinarian Dr. Mertens" (Das Erste) dares a risky experiment. In "Die Toten vom Bodensee" (ZDFneo) a serial killer kidnaps women.
8:15 p.m., RTL, Mechanic: Resurrection, Action
Contract killer Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) wanted to give up his job for good – that's the plan. But his violent past quickly catches up with him when an ex-client kidnaps his lover Gina (Jessica Alba) and threatens to kill her within 36 hours. Blackmailed back into his old job, the "Mechanic" travels around the world and does what he does best: commit three contract killings and make them look like accidents.
8:15 p.m., Das Erste, veterinarian Dr. Mertens: Who dares wins, family series
Not everything runs smoothly at Mertens. Luisa (Lilly Wiedemann) provokes Susanne (Elisabeth Lanz) wherever she can. Jonas (Lennart Betzgen) suffers from the absence of his children. In the zoo, Susanne wants to subject the Malaika gazelle, who is infected with a dangerous virus, to a risky experiment. That could mean a medical breakthrough and international recognition for the Leipzig Zoo.
8:15 p.m., ZDF, Mensch Gorbatschow !, documentary
With his politics he gave the world a different face: Mikhail Gorbachev. He will be 90 on March 2, 2021. What is the effect of his actions to this day? What legacy does "Gorbi" leave behind? "ZDFzeit" shows previously unpublished material and lets contemporary witnesses, companions and celebrities have their say. Moderator Günther Jauch, Klaus Meine from the Scorpions and Gorbachev's friend Stas Namin remember their very personal encounters.
8:15 p.m., ProSieben, The Masked Singer, music show
Ten stars from all walks of life compete in oversized, elaborate costumes that make them completely unrecognizable. One can only speculate about the identity of the prominent undercover singers … The viewers vote for their favorites. For the masked celebrity with the fewest votes, the secret is revealed at the end of the show: Which star is hidden under the mask?
8:15 p.m., ZDFneo, The Dead from Lake Constance: The fourth woman
The corpse of a woman is found in a hop field typical of Lake Constance – Jutta Reike was draped by the perpetrator in the seven-meter-high scaffolding like in a spider's web. And it's not the first case of this kind: Jutta Reike is apparently the fourth victim of a serial killer. The commissioners Micha Oberländer (Matthias Koeberlin) from Lindau and Hannah Zeiler (Nora Waldstätten) from Bregenz find, however, that the act does not correspond to the usual pattern of the perpetrator.